• Manipulate objects to gain additional information
  • use tools to gain more information
  • describe, both in writing and verbally, objects as accurately as possible and compare observations with those of other people.
  • make new observations when there is a disagreement among initial observations
  • demonstrate the ability to work with a team but still reach and communicate one's own conclusions about findings
  • use tools to investigate, observe, measure, design and build things
  • recognize and describe ways that some materials can be used over again
  • give estimates of answers to problems before doing them formally
  • make estimates of lengths, weights and time intervals and checks them by measurements
  • assemble, design, take apart, and reassemble constructions
  • draw pictures and write brief descriptions that correctly portray key features of an object
  • investigate by observing and then describe that some events in nature have a repeating pattern
  • investigate, compare and describe weather changes
  • investigate by observing and describe chunks of rocks and their many sizes, shapes
  • investigate by observing and then describe how animals and plants sometimes cause changes
  • investigate that things can be done to materials
  • discuss how people use electricity or burn fuels
  • investigate and observe that the way to change how something is moving is to give it a push or pull
  • observe and identify different external features of plants and animals
  • observe that and describe how animals may use plants for shelter and nesting
  • observe and explain that plants and animals both need to take in water, food and plants need light
  • recognize and explain that living things are found almost everywhere in the world
  • recognize and explain that materials in nature can be recycled
  • observe and describe the different external features of people
  • recognize and discuss that people are more like one another than they are like other animals
  • give examples of different roles people have in families and communities
  • recognize and measuring numbers between whole numbers
  • describe how changing one thing can cause changes in something else ex. exercise increases heart beat
  • explain people believe things if given good reason to
  • explain that some events can be predicted with certainty
  • explain that sometimes a person can find out a lot about a group of things
  • investigate that most objects are made of parts
  • observe and explain that models may not be the same size
  • describe that things can change in different ways